Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Chapter 102, Moving, July Settlement, Preparing for the Entries
The first goal given by the long-term task is to participate in the painting competition.

Jiang Zhe browsed the detailed instructions.

There are two choices for the painting competition, one in the United States and one in Germany. No matter which competition you participate in, you have to send your work within half a month, which means that there is not much time left for him to create.

He wrote down the requirements for participating in the competition.

There is one more paragraph at the end of the description.

If players have rewards that have not been claimed, they can choose to merge the rewards into long-term tasks.

As for what the results of the merged rewards will be, the system did not say.

Jiang Zhe was not in a hurry to choose the merger and wanted to wait and see.

Before resting, he carefully checked his belongings and put them into a large bag.

The only thing left in the cottage was an old single bed. The new home has been furnished with furniture, so a small amount of the old furniture will remain here.

He looked at the familiar environment, imagined what tomorrow and the future life would be like, and gradually fell asleep.

In the early morning of July 7, Jiang Zhe and his family started moving while the weather was cool.

Jiang Zhe rented a car and asked movers to load the things he wanted to take away into the vehicle.

Mother Xu Li has already gone to the new home.

When several neighbors heard that the Jiang family had moved away, they came over to congratulate them and say goodbye.

Jiang Yi chatted with several neighbors.

Jiang Zhe checked again to see if there was anything missing.

He peered inside the door before locking it.

In my previous life, I lived here until I was 30 years old. At that time, I felt that this place was really cramped. Now, I am really moving to a new home, and I feel a bit of farewell to my old home.

Jiang Zhe sat in the driver's cab of the moving vehicle and arrived at his new home smoothly.

Although the new house is big, a lot of new furniture and appliances have been purchased and placed, making it a bit crowded.

After a busy period, I settled down temporarily.

As Xu Li unpacked the clothes and put them into the closet, she said, "After moving in, we have to slowly clean up. There are many small tasks ahead."

Jiang Yi and Jiang Zhe made minor adjustments to the furniture positions.

Xiao Ka is sniffing around in his new home.

Jiang Yi adjusted the dining table and said to Jiang Zhe, "I have discussed with your mother and decided to rent out the old house to give you some living expenses."

Jiang Zhe said, "You and my mother can keep the rent as living expenses, and my tuition and living expenses are all ready."

Xu Li walked to the kitchen: "We will cook in our new home today, you go wash up first."

Jiang Zhe stayed in his new home all day to work.

In the evening, the new home was bright and clean again.

The more Jiang Yi and his wife looked at it, the more satisfied they were.

After dinner, the three of them took Xiaoka out of the community and went for a walk near the beach.

The evening sea breeze blew away the heat.

Xu Li looked at the scenery along the way and said to Jiang Yi, "The environment here is still good, clean and tidy. Taking a walk also makes people feel relaxed."

Jiang Yi nodded: "What's the average price of a house here? It's more than twice as expensive as our original house."

It was not until dark that the family returned home with a reluctant heart.

In the evening, Jiang Zhe watched TV with his parents.

The neighborhood is quiet and there is almost no noise at night.

Jiang Zhe was not idle while watching TV. He had a paintbrush and a sketchbook in his hands, and he would record any interesting images he saw on TV.

In one hour, I drew eight sketches of characters and scenes.

Jiang Yi and his wife prepared to rest.

Jiang Zhe came to his new room.

The new room is much larger than his old small room. It is big enough to accommodate a single bed, a desk, a bookcase, a wardrobe, and some painting tools he left at home. Xiao Ka's cage is also placed here.

Even so, there is still room for maneuver.

Xiao Ka is still not used to his new home, and only when he sees Jiang Zhe does he want to rest.

Jiang Zhe tried his best to catch up on what he had learned today, and even though he felt a little sleepy, he resisted the urge to fall asleep.

Today is the time for the monthly end-of-month settlement.

Just after midnight, Jiang Zhe received a system prompt on time.

He opened the game system page and started the monthly settlement.

If the player's learning accumulation reaches the qualified level this month, he will receive a reward of 32000 yuan.

Jiang Zhe looked at the settlement details and found that his learning accumulation in July was less than that of the previous month, so the accumulation dropped to the qualified level.

The current amount of reward is the result of doubling the reward after the system upgrade. If it was in the past, it might be less than 20,000 yuan.

The system provides four channels for obtaining rewards.

Stocks, lotteries, business opportunities, selling paintings.

Because Jiang Zhe needs to concentrate on completing long-term tasks, he does not plan to paint other works, and has no time to touch stocks and business opportunities.

He had to choose the lottery.

The next day, Jiang Yi and his wife went to find an agent and planned to rent out the old house.

Jiang Zhe took Xiao Ka to buy lottery tickets first.

He bought different lottery tickets according to the reward prompts, and then rushed to the studio.

According to the system requirements, to participate in the painting competition, you need to create three watercolor works. The themes of the three paintings are different. One is a scene of current life. One is a realistic portrait, and the other is a landscape painting.

Jiang Zhe came to the studio and began to prepare for his creation. For his first work, he chose to depict a night market scene.

For the second work, he wanted to paint a portrait of a standing woman.

I haven’t decided on the content of the third landscape painting yet.

Originally he was best at still life and landscape painting, but after training and systematic help, portraiture became his frequent subject.

Jiang Zhe plans to complete the first two works first and then consider the content of the third work.

He selected a dozen relatively complete works from the sketches on the theme of night market and re-created them.

The final version focuses on a barbecue stall and several characters, with the characters and environment around the night market as a backdrop.

Jiang Zhe placed the finished sketch next to the easel for reference.

The central figure in the picture is the barbecue stall owner wearing a white apron and chef's hat.

The stall owner is based on a real person, but Jiang Zhe exaggerated it a little.

The stall owner was fat, dark-skinned, and wearing a chef's hat. Judging from the exposed part of his scalp, he had no hair at all. There were skewers and a charcoal oven on the stall owner's stall. Four customers gathered around the stall. The rising smoke connected several figures.

The backdrop of the stall is a bustling night market, with lights extending into the distance.

Jiang Zhe referred to the draft and started over on a piece of rough-grained watercolor paper.

At noon, he received a call from Chen Yan.

"Jiang Zhe, I received the admission letter from Binhai Art College." Chen Yan's voice was filled with joy.

"Congratulations! Are you majoring in modeling?" Jiang Zhe congratulated him.

"Yes, it's the modeling major. What about you, have you received the admission letter?" Chen Yan asked.

"Got it." Jiang Zhe said, "Art College, major in oil painting."

"When did you receive it?"

"yesterday."

"You received it yesterday? Why didn't you call me?" Chen Yan blamed.

Jiang Zhe explained: "I don't want to irritate you."

"That's too much. You make me sound like I'm stingy. You told me a day late. How do you plan to solve it?" Chen Yan asked in a deliberately angry tone.

"Come out for a day?"

"No, two days."

Jiang Zhe thought of the scene of the two of them watching a movie together, and agreed to Chen Yan's request.

Chen Yan achieved her goal and became even happier: "Now, we are real classmates."

Jiang Zhe said: "If you haven't registered yet, you are not considered a classmate."

"Hate it." Chen Yan said, "Jiang Zhe, I can't go out these two days. My parents want to treat us, twice."

Jiang Zhe said, "It's okay. I just need to prepare some works these two days. Call me when you can come out to play."

The two chatted for a while before ending the call.

After lunch, Jiang Zhe started to work on the final draft.

Because he was going to enter his work into a competition, he chose Windsor and Owl watercolor materials, and also prepared special materials such as gum arabic and ox bile to create a special texture.

This painting depicts a night market and is a night scene.

Jiang Zhe specifically looked through the works of British painter Grimshaw for inspiration.

Grimshaw is world-renowned for his night scenes of urban and rural landscapes, and is one of the finest and most accomplished painters of night scenes and cityscapes of all time.

Of course, Jiang Zhe did not like the painter's effect that was too close to photography, so he also borrowed from Sargent's brushwork.

When he painted the first layer of color, he used colors boldly, letting the rich colors flow freely. When the colors were not dry, he used paper to wipe off some of the colors to leave the image. Through several smudges, the color of the sky naturally appeared hazy night scene effect.

The traces of paint and water flow will make the night sky and lights appear dreamy.

In the process of portraying characters, Jiang Zhe boldly uses color changes to express the contrast between light and dark.

The colors of the main characters' faces, the lights of the stalls, the charcoal fire and other images form a sharp contrast with the dark colors around the stalls, further highlighting the theme.

Because he had already drawn several drafts, he had memorized all the details, so the creative process was smooth.

After the main image was portrayed, Jiang Zhe began to depict other images.

He boldly used opaque colors to depict the smoke and the parts illuminated by lights. By alternating opaque and translucent colors, he allowed some of the light colors to blend with the surrounding colors. Different levels of colors together formed the drifting smoke, and the final effect was very good.

Jiang Zhe spent an afternoon to complete this work.

He waited for the painting to dry and re-examined it.

The whole picture is in a zigzag shape. The sky is cloudy, the night is hazy, and the lights from different directions make the night market colorful.

The main characters in the center of the picture show different characteristics under the background of lights. When watching the picture, you can feel the noise and fireworks.

Jiang Zhe was very satisfied with his first group portrait work.

He struck while the iron was hot and began working on the portrait that same evening.

The next day, Jiang Zhe received his July learning accumulation reward through lottery and returned to the studio to continue his creation.

He spent one day to complete a full-length portrait of a woman. Because he planned to send this painting to the United States for competition, he used some techniques of American painter Steve Hanks when depicting the character.

While he was creating, he received calls from several classmates.

In recent days, students have received admission notices one after another.

Most of the students who called Jiang Zhe were admitted to their first choice school.

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